Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.

Taoiseach awards Hesburgh Irish citizenship at St. Patrick's Day dinner

Taoiseach awards Hesburgh Irish citizenship at St. Patrick's Day dinner

Despite the fact that four Irishmen were among the seven brothers who arrived in northern Indiana with him in 1842, Notre Dame’s founder, Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C., had misgivings about the Irish, and struggled, with notable lack of success, to repress celebrations of St. Patrick’s feast day during Notre Dame’s early years.